Celebrating the Snake Year on Baguio Spring Festival 2013

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The dragon dance during the recently concluded Spring Festival of Baguio.

Kung Hei Fat Choi!

Baguio celebrated the entry of this year’s Year of the Water Snake via the street parade of the Spring Festival 2013. A street showcase of the Chinese community, live mascots, Panagbenga dances, drums and lyres, real snakes and candies. Just like previous parades, it offered equal fun and happiness to kids and people who have ‘sweet tooth’.

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2013 Panagbenga Night Variety Show, Fireworks Display

The previous Sunday night, in tune of the Panagbenga 2013, was glittered with bright fireworks display.

Another one good day has passed last Sunday, with its “thousand flowers” which bloomed and the first ever boat race on Burnham Lake of Burnham Park called Burnham Regatta, tourists still had their calories for the night’s buffet of variety show and the speculated wonderful display of fireworks.

A Thousand Flowers Bloom | Photos

Love your environment and it will love you back.

Let A Thousand Flowers Bloom in Panagbenga and 2013 Burnham Regatta

As soon as the "thousand flowers bloomed" so thus the activities like painting and regatta.

The Baguio Flower Festival was not only made for tourists, it was also created for the families who live in Baguio. Last February 10, 2013, a “Handog ng Panagbenga sa Pamilya Baguio” was celebrated and it focuses on family oriented activities like painting activities, kite flying activities, Baguio Burnham Regatta, variety shows and “bring me” games.

Komikon Baguio 2013 | Snapshots

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Komikon Event in Baguio Successfully Concluded

The different artist's works in the recently concluded comics event, the Komikon Baguio.

Just yesterday at the fourth floor of CAP Building in Baguio City, the Komikon Baguio was held. It was fun to see several artists gather in a full house event with book auctions, talks, cosplay items, cosplayers, on hand Photoshop presentation, digital painting, character design contests and book signing. I was very happy when I saw my idol comic artist under his author name “Manix Abrera” who draws and illustrates the wittiest modern way of tickling our minds through his strips. =D

Sagada Tour: The Mountain Guide

My wild dream of finally spelunking happened here in Sagada.

If you have never been in a place so rustic in nature, so rugged in outdoor and it’s just plain simple, then chances are, you haven’t been yet to the Mountain Province in the Philippines. When we say Mountain Province, we pertain to the province next to the Cordilleran province of Benguet. And the best offering of this province is what we call “Sagada”, a very simple town six hours away from Baguio City. The views going there is just so magnificent, how much more when you get tour yourself there?

Komikon Baguio to Happen on February 9, 2013

The Komikon Baguio poster

Do you love reading comic books or comics?

If you are going ask to me the same question, I definitely do. I love reading funny comics as much as I love writing travel articles for Travex Travels. Though I am not really as gifted as the others who are talented in such a way they are experts in creating visual icons and drawings, my fond of reading it enabled me to understand how illustrations work. And thus I am going to attend this very special event made for artists who are living in the City of Pines.

After Baguio White House, It’s Diplomat Hotel’s Turn to Become a Movie

The Diplomat Hotel Ruins in Dominican Hill, Baguio City. (January 2013 photo)

There is really something in Baguio that turns this cool city to a nightmare. Not because it is a mountain city but because it is a lovely destination for haunting and the haunted. Baguio City is not just well known for its strawberries, sunflowers and the lovely Igorot people. It is also a city where you find those which cannot be found.

Ronda Pilipinas 2013 | Photos

Winners of the Ronda Pilipinas competition as presented.

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Panagbenga 2013 Opening Day: Drum and Lyre Competition and Ronda Pilipinas Ceremony

Kids from the Quezon Elementary School smiled for our Travex Travels post for the Panagbenga 2013 opening day.

Not much words to say, Panagbenga 2013 in Baguio formally opens this day. Panagbenga Festival is an annual month-long fiesta which features drum and lyre competition, lake fluvial parade, street dancing parade and the much awaited flower float parade. The former event in the list, was concluded awhile back and winners of the drum and lyre competition in the elementary departments were already officially announced. Plus the awarding ceremony of the Ronda Pilipinas, a cycling competition, happened on Lake Drive of the Burnham Park.

Baguio Itinerary: Two Days-One Night (2D/1N)

Some of the Baguio attractions ideal for a 2 days/1 night tour in Baguio.

Readers who are interested with Baguio itineraries have started sending me e-mails asking how to make a doable itinerary since last year. I answer them through e-mail but they suggest me to make a post about it. Since I live in Baguio and I know more about this place than any other cities in the country and I usually grant my readers’ simple wishes, here is a sample itinerary for two days and one night in Baguio.

A Jump Shot to Subic!

Jump, jump, jump to Subic!

After we visited and passed by the different attractions of Subic like the Boardwalk, eat in Hollys, see the bunkers and bats and monkeys, and finally feed the fish in Camayan, we ended the tour in Royal Duty Free. After we shopped for some pasalubong ala chocolate importado, we explored the other streets and ended up shopping in nearby Puregold Duty Free and the rest are photo ops and jump shots.

Subic Experience: Camayan Fish Feeding in Bigger Aquarium Called Sea

School of fish fed by the waters of Subic Bay in Camayan Beach Resorts.

Camayan or Camayan Beach Resorts is a popular resort in Subic. It is adjacent to the more popular dolphin and sea lion show, the Ocean Adventure. It doesn’t feature white sand beach of any sort but if you want to have a Subic experience that is free, then visiting by the bay and fishing the colorful fish is a good choice.

Bunkers, Monkeys, Fruit Bats and that Orb in Subic

Fruit bats hanging by the tree branches in Subic.

Bunkers are protective embankments or dugouts used in the Second World War. It is canopied with grasses and tree leaves so it cannot be easily seen by the opponents. When you get to tour in Subic, you will be able to witness these Second World War remnants. But other than these, Subic has a vast of tropical forests that until now is the home of many fruit bats and monkeys freely loitering around the woods. And we really saw them during our trip to Subic.

Let’s Rock with The Jeemo: The Party Jeep

The Jeemo: Party Jeep in Baguio

The jeep or the jeepney is the most common means of transportation in the Philippines. It is patterned from the US Army vehicle used in the Second World War and as the decades go over, the jeep was used as mode to transport people from one place to another. Passengers used to say “para” when they are already near their destinations. But I guess if you are the party-ish creature who always loves to sing videoke, dance with flickering colorful lights and be wild all the night, you will never say “para” when you are inside The Jeemo: The Party Jeep.

So What Really Happened in Baguio at 9.5˚ C?

On Friday, January 18, 2013, Baguio was swept away with cold winds at 9.5 C.

Just last Friday, January 18, 2013, it was in the news that the temperature in Baguio already dropped to 9.5˚C. According to PAGASA, it was the coldest recorded temperature in two years time, following the 9.8˚C drop in January 2011. The 9.5˚C temperature was recorded at 5:00 in the morning. The question here, how cold is 9.5˚C for local tourists to flock in the city mountain of Baguio?

The Ship and the Boardwalk in Subic

Ship on the waters of Subic Bay, Philippines

The Boardwalk in Subic is comparable to Roxas Boulevard in Manila only that you don’t get a full view of a sunset because the mountain barriers are half of the view. Along the sea side of Subic are ships and yachts and you don’t really want to leave Subic without a souvenir picture of you with a backdrop of a ship (not a passenger ferry). The floating book store was also there when we went to Subic, and it might just have gone to other Asian countries after the Philippines.

Hollys BBQ Chicken Restaurant Subic: Eat-All-You-Can Style

Not just chicken barbecues, Hollys Restaurant in Subic also offers fruits and organic foods.

If you are looking for a Subic restaurant at the expense of an eat-all-you-can buffet style, then probably you are thinking Hollys BBQ Chicken Restaurant. Hollys Restaurant is located at the corner of Canal Road and Santa Rita and is adjacent to Subic International Hotel. It’s got this sliding door and a feel as if you were actually inside a crew ship or a private plane, because of their waitresses. And their food is great too, I can recommend this restaurant to future tourists of Subic.

Plan Your Subic Tour: The Bay Guide

A boat sailing on the waters of Subic Bay, Philippines.

The Subic Bay Freeport Zone may not be your rugged nature hideout but it’s one of the tourist destinations frequented by travelers because it offers wide range of nature trips with a twist—ride a jeepney with tigers outside (Zoobic Safari), trek a forest with a special number by the indigenous tribe of Aetas (Zoobic Safari), see the sea lion show (Ocean Adventure), watch dolphin exhibition (Ocean Adventure), witness fruit bats and monkeys roaming around (outskirts), zip line, rapel, survival demo show and a lot more. Subic is one of my favorite places ideal for a city tour other than Baguio City. It’s plain nature, resorts and the wonderful landscape of high mountains over the waters of Subic Bay just add to the feel. Subic tour, that is.